ServiceNow (NOW) EBITDA Margin (2011 - 2026)
ServiceNow posted quarterly EBITDA Margin of 12.12% for Q1 2026, down 271.0% year-on-year from 7.09% in Q1 2025, and down 1.03% on a QoQ basis from 12.25% in Q4 2025.
ServiceNow (NOW) has 16 years of EBITDA Margin data on file, last reported at 12.12% in Q1 2026.
- For the quarter ending Q1 2026, EBITDA Margin fell 271.0% year-over-year to 12.12%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at 13.14% (down 26.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 13.82%, up 113.0% from the prior year.
- EBITDA Margin for Q1 2026 stood at 12.12%, down from 12.25% in the prior quarter.
- Across five years, EBITDA Margin topped out at 47.58% in Q2 2023 and bottomed at 3.65% in Q2 2022.
- The 5-year median for EBITDA Margin is 12.12% (2026), against an average of 12.28%.
- The widest annual swing landed in 2023, when EBITDA Margin jumped 5123 bps; it then tumbled 3799 bps in 2024.
- A 5-year view of EBITDA Margin shows it stood at 11.34% in 2022, then jumped by 50 bps to 17.03% in 2023, then plunged by 33 bps to 11.36% in 2024, then gained by 8 bps to 12.25% in 2025, then decreased by 1 bps to 12.12% in 2026.
- The last three EBITDA Margin figures came in at 12.12% (Q1 2026), 12.25% (Q4 2025), and 15.67% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | EBITDA Margin (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sap Se | 253.17 Bn | 235.20 Bn | 8.16 Bn | 28.69% |
| 2 | Salesforce | 171.07 Bn | 161.50 Bn | 8.69 Bn | 16.69% |
| 3 | Uber Technologies | 147.39 Bn | 146.35 Bn | 11.88 Bn | 14.56% |
| 4 | Shopify | 134.25 Bn | 128.50 Bn | 1.55 Bn | -18.49% |
| 5 | ServiceNow | 105.72 Bn | 100.54 Bn | 2.83 Bn | 12.12% |
| 6 | Cadence Design Systems | 101.64 Bn | 100.23 Bn | 1.26 Bn | 29.26% |
| 7 | Adobe | 100.35 Bn | 93.46 Bn | 5.73 Bn | 37.79% |
| 8 | Automatic Data Processing | 90.91 Bn | 87.68 Bn | 2.87 Bn | -22.99% |
| 9 | Intuit | 88.30 Bn | 81.52 Bn | 6.77 Bn | 46.97% |
| 10 | Datadog | 78.54 Bn | 73.78 Bn | 797.20 Mn | 0.73% |
Historic Data
Download Data| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2026 | 12.12% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 12.25% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 15.67% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 12.63% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 14.83% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 11.36% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 17.52% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 9.59% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 12.14% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 17.03% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 7.69% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 47.58% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 8.68% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 11.34% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 0.44% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | -3.65% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 1.45% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 0.74% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 2.71% |
| Jun 30, 2021 | 5.18% |
| Mar 31, 2021 | 3.24% |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 4.72% |
| Sep 30, 2020 | 3.04% |
| Jun 30, 2020 | 8.03% |
| Mar 31, 2020 | 0.76% |
| Dec 31, 2019 | 63.53% |
| Sep 30, 2019 | 5.27% |
| Jun 30, 2019 | -0.94% |
| Mar 31, 2019 | 1.62% |
| Dec 31, 2018 | 0.61% |
| Sep 30, 2018 | 1.63% |
| Jun 30, 2018 | -6.94% |
| Mar 31, 2018 | -0.15% |
| Dec 31, 2017 | -3.01% |
| Sep 30, 2017 | -4.02% |
| Jun 30, 2017 | -9.13% |
| Mar 31, 2017 | -2.87% |
| Dec 31, 2016 | -0.26% |
| Sep 30, 2016 | -10.25% |
| Jun 30, 2016 | -14.97% |
| Mar 31, 2016 | -108.22% |
| Dec 31, 2015 | 6.97% |
| Sep 30, 2015 | -16.78% |
| Jun 30, 2015 | -23.72% |
| Mar 31, 2015 | -192.34% |
| Dec 31, 2014 | -25.48% |
| Sep 30, 2014 | -169.24% |
| Jun 30, 2014 | -29.68% |
| Mar 31, 2014 | -31.00% |
| Dec 31, 2013 | -6.50% |
| Sep 30, 2013 | -12.17% |
| Jun 30, 2013 | -101.08% |
| Mar 31, 2013 | -16.85% |
| Dec 31, 2012 | -13.69% |
| Sep 30, 2012 | -20.22% |
| Mar 31, 2012 | -73.11% |
| Sep 30, 2011 | 9.49% |
| Jun 30, 2011 | 41.47% |